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WHY???? Do not understand why they continue to make fools out of themselves. The Immigration Law will be settled this month via SCOTUS so why not take the $$ you would use for this ridiculous campaign and help illegals get permanent status!!!!

Unfortunately, the same Republicans that voted in the Immigration Law are now trying to tear it apart due to influence from the business community so they can have cheap labor. SHAME ON THE ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS!! Not sure why they can't wait until SCOTUS rules on the Arizona law before making ANY changes. If changes are made at this time the 11th Circuit will most likely kick it back to the state court's thereby costing more money to start over in the Courts. The business community has also gotten to our Attorney General so that he reversed his earlier comments indicating that we should wait for SCOTUS.

I am so sick of outsiders sticking their nose in Alabama's business!!!! Most of the people, if not all, that protest Alabama's Immigration Bill are outsiders - if they don't like what we do - STAY OUT OF OUR STATE!!

You are incorrect - Alabama unemployment has the lowest rate of any Southern state according to this report - http://www2.dir.state.al.us/Laus/SE.pdf. The states surrounding Alabama have the highest - Georgia - 9.1%, Tennessee - 8%, Mississippi - 9.5%, Florida - 9.4% Looks like all the illegals are fleeing to those states!

Might be good idea to check the facts before you make incorrect statements!

10. After receiving a high-level briefing by top government officials about the impending collapse of the American financial markets, Spencer Bachus bought stock options that would increase in value when the markets went down and made tens of thousands of dollars on this insider information. And now he is currently under an ethics investigation because of it. In other words, Bachus made money betting on America’s failure, and he did so in a manner which would have been illegal for the rest of us.

9. Spencer Bachus endorsed the largest proposed tax increase in the history of Alabama. Of course, the people of the state voted the incredibly unpopular tax down by a two-to-one margin. While both Representative Bachus and Senator Beason have signed pledges promising not to raise taxes, it’s easy to see which one talks the talk and which one walks the walk.

8. Spencer Bachus sided with illegal aliens by criticizing Alabama’s new illegal immigration law, saying it is not the answer and it would hurt the State’s economy. Instead, HB56 seems to have reduced the jobless rate in Alabama faster than any other state in the country.

7. A nationally recognized conservative foundation recently named Spencer Bachus as one of the Top 10 most corrupt politicians in Washington. “He has become the face of a congressional ‘insider trading’ scandal that has rocked the Washington establishment as 2011 draws to a close,” reads one Judicial Watch article about Bachus.

6. Spencer Bachus sided with Barack Obama in his support of the Cash for Clunkers boondoggle, which turned out to be another government-run bureaucratic nightmare. Consumer experts from Edmunds to Freakonomics condemned the program a “clunker” while the extraordinary cost of the program added to the deficit.

5. As Chairman of the committee that oversees banks, Spencer Bachus has received over $600,000 in campaign contributions from big banks, insurance and financial service industry companies. Bachus was quoted as saying that “My view is that Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks.”

For the rest of the list visit: http://scottbeason.com/2012/03/04/top-ten-reasons-to-vote-against-spencer-bachus/

I know that all candidates must release their financial records. Not sure if they are required to release tax returns. All of this information is public information that can be found on the Alabama Secretary of State website.

FYI - ads are not coming from Scott Beason's camp. Super PACs are formed with strict compliance regulations. They ARE NOT allowed to in any discuss, correspond or work with the campaigns that they support. You might want to read up on the regulations surrounding Super PACs before you post information that is incorrect.

FYI - President Obama is also using Super PACs as he runs for re-election. Oh, I forgot he says he is not running for election yet he is just trying to get the economy moving and that he isn't really paying attention to the election yet. LOL What a joke!

I too will be voting for Mr. Drake. I have met both gentlemen. I was not at all impressed with Mr. Alexander. He is backed by trial attorneys and does not have a good track record for Irondale as he has raised taxes on several ocassions. Mr. Drake is not a politician and tied to the GOP Establishment.

Coppertop04 - Senator Beason sponsored the Bill and it was voted by the entire Congress. He did not hijack the Bill nor the process. Apparently, you do not know the process of getting a Bill passed.

What personal gain did Senator Beason get from having the bill passed? Senator Beason is not the final word as it has been appealed and the Judge will make the final decision. Please get your facts straight before you make false statements! Please note that unless you are committing a crime, you cannot be arrested just for being here illegally.

For your information, Etowah County made the first arrest of an illegal and guess where he was from Yemen (where a lot of the terrorists are coming from). He was arrested in a drug deal along with two other men from Yemen. The other two men had documents papers, therefore they were only charged in the drug deal not arrested for being illegal.